Los Zetas

Texan gets 25 years in prison for Saudi envoy plot

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 30th

By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. citizen-turned-covert Iranian operative was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for plotting to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States by bombing a Washington restaurant. Manssor Arbabsiar, a former used car salesman from

Trial to start in Zetas cartel racehorse case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 13th

By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) - One of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels intended a racehorse-buying operation to be a clandestine means of laundering its illegal proceeds in the United States, prosecutors say. But with the millions of dollars spent - sometimes in

Violent street gang: US targets finances of MS-13

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration declared the ultra-violent street gang MS-13 to be an international criminal group on Thursday, an unprecedented crackdown targeting the finances of the sprawling U.S. and Central American gang infamous for hacking

Mexico capo killed, then body stolen by gunmen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 9th

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and E. EDUARDO CASTILLOAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - The death of the founder and leader of Mexico's brutal Zetas cartel in a firefight with marines outside a baseball game near the Texas border was perhaps the biggest coup of President Felipe Calderon's war